mwĩthũa

Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb gũthũa.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moèðó(w)ǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as mũithũa, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including biribiri, cibũ (“chief”), gĩkabũ (pl. ikabũ), gĩtara, ithanwa, ithandũkũ, kĩng'aurũ, mũthigari, mũthũ, mwatũka, mbũkũ, ndigithũ, njata, rũbutu (pl. mbutu), thaburia, and so on.[2]

Noun

mwĩthũa class 3 (plural mĩĩthũa)

itching, itch
Hypernym: ndwari

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mwĩthũa wĩ gũtũ/itina ndũthũanagwo

References

“mwĩthũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 203. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

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[tgb-1] “mwĩthũa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 203. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[yy1981-2] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.